"It is the ego that keeps you in bondage. It is the ego that makes you believe you are what you are. It is the ego that causes all the problems to come into your life. The ego is your worst enemy. Therefore you have to do everything in life that you can do to annihilate the ego. The ego must be annihilated, totally removed, totally destroyed."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , ego , illusion , prisoner , self-inquiry
"It is the human mind that creates its own difficulties and then cries for help."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , difficulties , ego , mind
"Ego implies unawareness. Awareness and ego cannot coexist."
- Eckhart Tollespiritual , Eckhart Tolle , awareness , ego
"The ego is your worst enemy"
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , ego
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."
- Bill Gatesmotivational , Bill Gates , ego , failure , lost , success
"The mind turned inwards is the Self; turned outwards, it becomes the ego and all the world."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , ego , inner-being , maya , sadhana , self , self-inquiry , self-realization , within-yourself
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day"
- Douglas Adamsinspiring , Douglas Adams , attitude , choices , ego , fiction-novels , happy , positivity , pride
"Find where the ego rises from and it will disappear"
- Papajispiritual , Papaji , awakening , ego , self-inquiry , who-am-i
"Descending from the head to the heart, is the beginning of spiritual sadhana."
- Ramana Maharshispiritual , Ramana Maharshi , awareness , ego , empty-mind , heart , no-thoughts
"When there is no 'I' there is only liberation."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , advaita-vedanta , ego , liberation , neti-neti , self-inquiry , selfless , who-am-i
"Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less."
- CS Lewis
"The actual problem is the false identification as a person. You are pure consciousness, pure awareness, even when you are not aware of this."
- Moojispiritual , Mooji , awareness , consciousness , ego , neti-neti , pure
"Follow the I, abide in the I and you will soon come to the conclusion, that I does not exist."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , be-the-witness , ego , self-inquiry , self-realization , who-am-i
"When you ego is no more, only then will you know Who You Are."
- Oshospiritual , Osho , ego , self-realization , who-am-i , who-you-are
"When the ego dies, the soul awakes."
- Mahatma Gandhispiritual , Mahatma Gandhi , awakening , ego , self-realization , soul , who-you-are
"Fixating on a specific outcome that we think we want causes us to struggle and suffer as we attempt to force it. We don’t let ourselves feel happy, satisfied, or relaxed until we can check that goal off the list."
- Gabrielle Bernsteinlaw-of-attraction , spiritual , Gabrielle Bernstein , attachment , conditions , desires , ego , introspection
"A mind that is free of self-concern becomes a heart that is open to all possibilities."
- Matt Kahnspiritual , Matt Kahn , acceptance , awareness , ego , heart , possibilities , selfless
"Abide in Awareness with no illusion of person. You will be instantly free and at peace."
- Ashtavakra Gitaspiritual , Ashtavakra Gita , awareness , be-the-witness , ego , illusion , liberation , neti-neti , serenity
"The 'you' who you think you are does not exist"
- Alan Wattsspiritual , Alan Watts , awakening , ego , illusion , neti-neti , who-am-i , who-you-are
"Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be"
- Eckhart Tolleinspiring , law-of-attraction , spiritual , Eckhart Tolle , all-is-well , ego , illusion , life , maya , mind , relax , worry
"What is your life about anyway? Nothing but a struggle to be someone. Nothing but a running from your own silence."
- Rumispiritual , Rumi , attachment , awakening , ego , illusion , maya , self-image , silence
"We are right where we are supposed to be, free and happy. But some illusion called the personal self, the I-thought, tells us quite a different story. It shows us all kinds of pictures in our mind, and we fall into deeper delusion. This is called maya, the grand illusion, the cosmic joke."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , advaita-vedanta , awakening , ego , freedom , happy , illusion , maya , mind
"We are completely unaware of our true nature because we constantly identify ourselves with our body, our emotions and our thoughts, thus losing sight of our unchanging centre which is pure consciousness."
- Jean Kleinspiritual , Jean Klein , attachment , body , consciousness , ego , inner-being , neti-neti , self-realization , who-am-i , who-you-are
"Everything your true self stands for is independent of the image the ego has so carefully assembled to feel good about itself."
- Deepak Chopraspiritual , Deepak Chopra , awareness , ego , illusion , self , self-image , who-you-are
"You are real. Who you think you are is an illusion."
- Deepak Chopraspiritual , Deepak Chopra , awakening , ego , enlightenment , illusion , reality , self-realization , who-am-i , who-you-are
"You have no problems. It has been your ego all the time fooling you, making you believe that something is wrong, and you've been playing hide and seek, trying to find God here, there, everywhere, when all the time God was within yourself as yourself."
- Robert Adamsspiritual , Robert Adams , difficulties , ego , god , negative-thinking , problems , self , self-realization , source-energy , stress , who-you-are , within-yourself , worry
"The idea of being a person, an ego, is nothing other than an image held together by memory."
- Jean Kleinspiritual , Jean Klein , advaita-vedanta , attachment , being , body , ego , memories , non-duality , non-physical , reality , self , who-you-are
"A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at."
- Bruce Leeinspiring , Bruce Lee , detachment , ego , focus , goals , humble , letting-go , manifestation
"Love can make a great celebration out of your life - but only love, not lust, not ego, not possessiveness, not jealousy, not dependence."
- Oshoinspiring , Osho , celebration , ego , jealousy , love , relationship , romance